Ed Quillen’s Hillary column: 2 letters

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Re: “A mysterious other planet,” Oct. 21 Ed Quillen column.

Ed Quillen, being part of the intelligentsia here in the Salida boondocks, runs in different circles than we do. This explains how he has not heard of anyone here who supports Hillary Clinton. Well, we do. She is electable, and when she hits the ground, it will be from an in-depth and broad base of knowledge about Washington. This is critical for running our nation. She is not quite as liberal as we would like, but we’d choose Whitewater over Blackwater any day of the week.

We Democrats need to beware of shooting ourselves in the foot yet another time by voting against a qualified candidate, thus diluting the power of our vote and putting a Republican (think Rudy Giuliani) into office.

Jackie Powell and Gary Higgins, Salida

Your headline on the cover of the Perspective section – “Why does Ed Quillen hate Hillary?” – demonstrates in nutshell why so many of us are so turned off by politics these days. Since when do we “hate” each other if we disagree with one’s political philosophy? Why can’t we discuss issues in a meaningful and factual way, without using terms like “hate”?